Taxonomic revision of the huntsman spider genus Eusparassus Simon, 1903 (Araneae: Sparassidae) in Eurasia Author Moradmand, Majid Author Jäger, Peter text Journal of Natural History 2012 2012-10-31 46 39 - 40 2439 2496 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2012.707249 journal article 55831 10.1080/00222933.2012.707249 6e4a60c9-c2d5-4ed2-b640-6253aa251f7f 1464-5262 5202071 Eusparassus pontii Caporiacco, 1935 ( Figure 18 ) Eusparassus pontii Caporiacco, 1935: 216 , pl. 6, fig. 4 (description of female; syntypes , two females , examined). Type material Syntypes : 1 female , PAKISTAN : Karakoram , Pajue oasis , 3500 m , 28 July 1929 ( MNM ) ; 1 female , Tsock meadow, 3940 m , 11 May 1929 ( MNM ) ; 1 juvenile , Tolti oasis , 2400 m , 20 April 1929 ( MNM ) . Additional material examined 1 ♀ , 2 immatures , INDIA : Kashmir : 1 ♀ , 1 juvenile , Ladakh, Shey, Trockerhay, 3400 m , 2 June 1976 , J. Martens leg. ( SMF ) ; 1 subadult female, Ladakh, J . Martens leg. ( SMF ) . Diagnosis Epigyne resembles that of E. kronebergi stat. nov. in having EFB fused to AMLL bordering MS ( Figure 18C ) but differs from it by presence of a strong continuous ridge at lateral side of vulva and one large glandular process ( Figure 18D,E ), in contrast vulva of E. kronebergi stat. nov. has two small and separated glandular parts; It can also be distinguished by the eye interdistances: AME–ALE spaced one-half of AME– AME (as in E. fuscimanus ) but differs from this species in having EF longer than wide ( Figure 18C ). Redescription Female ( n = 3). Total length: 14.9–18.9, prosoma length 6.4–9.1, prosoma width 5.7–7.8, anterior width of prosoma 3.2–4.7, opisthosoma length 8.5–9.8, opisthosoma width 6.5–7.4. eyes are the same size, eye diameters: AME 0.39, ALE 0.41, PME 0.40, PLE 0.40; eye interdistances: AME–AME 0.28, AME–ALE 0.15, PME–PME 0.43, PME–PLE 0.62, AME–PME 0.53, ALE–PLE 0.35, clypeus height at AME 0.32, clypeus height at ALE 0.46. Figure 18. Eusparassus pontii Caporiacco, 1935 , (A–D) syntype female from Karakoram, Pakistan: (A) eye arrangement; (B) left chelicera, ventral; (C) epigyne, ventral; (D) left vulva, anterio-dorso-lateral; (E) variation of left vulva, anterio-dorso-lateral. Scale bars: (A–C) 1 mm, (D, E) 0.5 mm. Chelicerae with two anterior and four to six posterior teeth; cheliceral furrow without denticles ( Figure 18B ). Leg formula: 21=43. Measurements of palp and legs: Palp 10.6 [3.3, 1.6, 1.9, 3.8], I 34.7 [9.6, 4.3, 8.7, 9.5, 2.6], II 37.7 [10.7, 4.5, 10.1, 9.6, 2.8], III 31.1 [9.5, 3.8, 8.2, 7.3, 2.3], IV 34.6 [10.3, 3.9, 8.8, 9.1, 2.5]. Spination. Palp 131, 001, 1111, 1013; Legs: Femur I–III 323, IV 321 / 322; Patella I–IV 000; Tibia I–IV 2024 ; Metatarsus I–III 2024 , IV 3034 / 3036. Epigyne / vulva. As in diagnosis with two large black triangular LL, AMLL not fused but bordered by EFB ( Figure 18C ); vulva with a bulge at the area of glandular processes and marked by a continuous ridge ( Figure 18D,E ). Male. Unknown. Colouration [in ethanol]. Reddish brown, dark brown chelicera, dorsal opisthosoma with a patch and series of small chevron-like patterns and additional dots, ventral opisthosoma with pale markings. Remarks The type specimens were collected during “the Italian Mission to Karakoram ( 1929- VII )”. One of the type localities is Pajue, a campsite on the K2 Mountain. The species is recorded from high elevations (∼ 4000 m ), the highest altitude recorded for Sparassidae so far. This is the first record of the species after its original description out of the type locality, namely from Indian Himalaya, in Ladakh. Known geographical distribution and habitat High altitudes in mountainous Himalaya in Pakistan : Karakoram, K2 Mountain, and India : Ladakh (New record).